I just can't stop rolling my eyes at the Rich thread. We GET IT, there's more to life than material things, but it's also ok for me to think that it would be fucking awesome if I could afford an indoor heated pool in my house.
I almost responded to you in that thread, I think. This is also my dream. I think maybe because I was in love with the movie Annie as a very little person and she swims laps in Daddy Warbucks' pool.
My in-laws showed up at 1 am, and won't be leaving for my MILs appointment for awhile. So I'm hiding in the bedroom, because as much as I love and appreciate all of the support I'm getting here about my cat, talking about it with them when it's still so raw is not on today's self-care agenda.
In less depressing news, I made the base for cinnamon ice cream last night, and I'm going to churn it this afternoon. I don't know that I'll have the energy to make the cookies to turn it into ice cream sandwiches like I'd originally planned, but the ice cream will be good regardless.
I'm so sorry, circa1978. My dad had prostate cancer that eventually metastasized in his bones after about 18 years. I'm not 100% sure of this timeline, since my parents told me nothing directly and I had to piece information together, but I believe he was looking at 6 months to live when he started an experimental immunotherapy drug, and he made an almost miraculous turnaround. He was back to his old self for a few years.
Eventually, the cancer found a way around the drug, and it came back to his bones, but more aggressive and unstoppable. At that point, he started morphine, because it was pretty painful. Make your mom promise to tell you if they are looking at that option. You'll want to have some time with your dad before he starts, because IME my dad was completely checked out after that.
I had a friend who was on morphine, and she said she knew she was in pain, intellectually, but the morphine made her feel so good she didn't care. She was in bliss all the time. I found it really comforting to know that.
We're going to see Tootsie tonight....the first Broadway tour show since Feb. 2020. I'm excited and anxious (I haven't been indoors anywhere with very many people at all since the before times and the theatre is huge), but it is what I have missed most of our normal life, so I am hoping that I won't be too freaked out being around people like that.
I thought I would distract myself this morning by figuring out my clothes for tonight, but that didn't work out so well. I tried on my dressier dresses and skirts, and nothing fit right. I told DH that I was concerned that I might have to go in my pajamas. lol
The outfit that worked the best involves a pair of non stretchy, button/zip dressy pants, that I didn't think would fit at all, since they are from long before the before times. The style actually looks quite current, so I am glad that I kept them back from the last donation bag.
I miss my little dog so much. It's so quiet with only one dog left. Lola was really vocal and would grumble at us if she wanted something and we weren't quick enough to do it. I had a very quiet shower (she loved licking up the water from the shower floor, little weirdo) and nobody was grumbling at me while I made DD's lunch (she got a carrot stick every morning before breakfast). She just had so much energy and life left in her, I can't believe she's gone.
It is so lonely with only one. We had 3 just a few weeks ago! We are already talking about getting a puppy. Our friends need us to watch their dog this weekend, we always watch her when they are gone, and we are really looking forward to it.
I'm so sorry. Your baby was so sweet and precious. My heart breaks for all of us going through this. All the times that they used to do quirky things and we just took them for granted, I did at least. And now it's so quiet and still and empty where they should be.
We put a camera in our living room years ago because we thought that our dogs were getting in the trash. Surprise! It was my calico cat. I just sat and watched myself on our camera cuddling that cat for the last time last Tuesday. The next day, out of nowhere, her little heart failed her. I'm just sitting at my desk crying watching me squeeze and hug her, wishing I could go back to last week and bury my face in her fur.
I just can't stop rolling my eyes at the Rich thread. We GET IT, there's more to life than material things, but it's also ok for me to think that it would be fucking awesome if I could afford an indoor heated pool in my house.
I don't get the ire, I guess. That's great if you want an indoor pool and I don't see anyone judging people for wanting things? But if people truly don't want them, what's wrong with that? I could not care less about an indoor pool (or pool of any kind) but if you got one, I would love that for you. People have different priorities and there doesn't need to be a value judgement on any of them.
Post by blondemoment123 on Nov 2, 2021 13:19:31 GMT -5
I hate people. A mom at daycare tried to bring her LO to school with a fever. It was obvious that he was sick and from what I overheard was sent home yesterday with a fever.
The mom asked if she could give him Tylenol and leave him. Come on!
We're going to see Tootsie tonight....the first Broadway tour show since Feb. 2020. I'm excited and anxious (I haven't been indoors anywhere with very many people at all since the before times and the theatre is huge), but it is what I have missed most of our normal life, so I am hoping that I won't be too freaked out being around people like that.
I thought I would distract myself this morning by figuring out my clothes for tonight, but that didn't work out so well. I tried on my dressier dresses and skirts, and nothing fit right. I told DH that I was concerned that I might have to go in my pajamas. lol
The outfit that worked the best involves a pair of non stretchy, button/zip dressy pants, that I didn't think would fit at all, since they are from long before the before times. The style actually looks quite current, so I am glad that I kept them beck from the last donation bag.
Have so much fun! I'd love to hear what you think afterward. That show is coming here next month and I'm signed up to be an usher (which means I get to see the show, too).
I am going to see Waitress on Saturday and I think it will be fine in terms of being freaked out. The theater has great protocols and my understanding is that any of the Broadway shows, anywhere, are requiring vaccines and masking, so it should be a pretty safe activity.
I just can't stop rolling my eyes at the Rich thread. We GET IT, there's more to life than material things, but it's also ok for me to think that it would be fucking awesome if I could afford an indoor heated pool in my house.
I don't get the ire, I guess. That's great if you want an indoor pool and I don't see anyone judging people for wanting things? But if people truly don't want them, what's wrong with that? I could not care less about an indoor pool (or pool of any kind) but if you got one, I would love that for you. People have different priorities and there doesn't need to be a value judgement on any of them.
I don't think the eye rolling (at least for me) is toward people with different spending priorities. It was the (deliberate or not) misreading of the OP and the "to ME, a rich life is about my HEALTH and the people I LOVE and being FULFILLED. EW money" when it was clearly about "what, to you, would make you feel rich?" The question wasn't "what do you value in life?"
wildrice , I know the protocols are great. It's just that it is a huge theatre, and I have had a lot of anxiety when we have been places where I felt like there were too many people, even though we really haven't been anywhere with very many people at all, in a long time.
I'm thinking that people being masked will make me feel more comfortable. As long as the people around me are wearing them correctly, I should be okay.
I don't get the ire, I guess. That's great if you want an indoor pool and I don't see anyone judging people for wanting things? But if people truly don't want them, what's wrong with that? I could not care less about an indoor pool (or pool of any kind) but if you got one, I would love that for you. People have different priorities and there doesn't need to be a value judgement on any of them.
I don't think the eye rolling (at least for me) is toward people with different spending priorities. It was the (deliberate or not) misreading of the OP and the "to ME, a rich life is about my HEALTH and the people I LOVE and being FULFILLED. EW money" when it was clearly about "what, to you, would make you feel rich?" The question wasn't "what do you value in life?"
This! No judgement to the people playing properly - bring on the quilted toilet paper, the full sized candy bars, the icemakers and the boob jobs!
“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent,”
I miss my little dog so much. It's so quiet with only one dog left. Lola was really vocal and would grumble at us if she wanted something and we weren't quick enough to do it. I had a very quiet shower (she loved licking up the water from the shower floor, little weirdo) and nobody was grumbling at me while I made DD's lunch (she got a carrot stick every morning before breakfast). She just had so much energy and life left in her, I can't believe she's gone.
It is so lonely with only one. We had 3 just a few weeks ago! We are already talking about getting a puppy. Our friends need us to watch their dog this weekend, we always watch her when they are gone, and we are really looking forward to it.
I'm so sorry. Your baby was so sweet and precious. My heart breaks for all of us going through this. All the times that they used to do quirky things and we just took them for granted, I did at least. And now it's so quiet and still and empty where they should be.
We put a camera in our living room years ago because we thought that our dogs were getting in the trash. Surprise! It was my calico cat. I just sat and watched myself on our camera cuddling that cat for the last time last Tuesday. The next day, out of nowhere, her little heart failed her. I'm just sitting at my desk crying watching me squeeze and hug her, wishing I could go back to last week and bury my face in her fur.
I'm so sorry about yours. I'm so glad we had these wonderful pets in our lives but losing them is so hard. Their unconditional love is a true gift.
I hate people. A mom at daycare tried to bring her LO to school with a fever. It was obvious that he was sick and from what I overheard was sent home yesterday with a fever.
The mom asked if she could give him Tylenol and leave him. Come on!
Is it still okay to wear cuffed skinny jeans and booties? DS’s XC banquet is tonight and I haven’t really left my house much in almost 2 years so I don’t want to be a total fashion failure. I’m 40 if it matters.
I just can't stop rolling my eyes at the Rich thread. We GET IT, there's more to life than material things, but it's also ok for me to think that it would be fucking awesome if I could afford an indoor heated pool in my house.
Right?!?! I should never read anything to do with money here. It's great that you grew up in a family that didn't put such value on monetary things and appreciated what was REALLY important. BECAUSE YOU HAD MONEY FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED! Looking back on my mother slicing the 5lb block of government cheese and thinking that being able to buy whatever I want at the grocery store would enrich my life doesn't mean I don't understand what having a rich life means.
Also, I got some not great news about my dad yesterday. TW: Cancer - He has metastatic prostate cancer that has moved to his bones. There are no more treatments left for his cancer and now he's in a clinical trial which is where we learned about the bone mets. Until this week he didn't have pain but...now he does. What does that mean? I mean, I know it's not good but if anyone has experience in cancer that has metastasized to the bone, I don't have anyone else to ask. Friends who read this anyway with a family member who has prostate cancer, just know my dad's was always aggressive and we've had 10 years fighting it so don't be scared by this. Prostate cancer is livable.
I'm sorry. My dad had cancer that started in his kidney, then progressed over the course of 8 years. It did end up in his bones, but it was awhile (like years) before we knew that was the cause of significant pain in his neck/shoulder. They tried all sorts of treatments, including a monthly bone shot, PT, pain meds, etc (in addition to the cancer meds). A tumor developed towards the top of his spine, and he effectively lost use of one arm. Eventually, one morning he couldn't get up and around without assistance (likely paralysis caused by the cancer), and he died less than a week later.
Is it still okay to wear cuffed skinny jeans and booties? DS’s XC banquet is tonight and I haven’t really left my house much in almost 2 years so I don’t want to be a total fashion failure. I’m 40 if it matters.
Yes, that combo will be fine. Where what you feel good in and stop attaching your age to clothes.
Is it still okay to wear cuffed skinny jeans and booties? DS’s XC banquet is tonight and I haven’t really left my house much in almost 2 years so I don’t want to be a total fashion failure. I’m 40 if it matters.
Yes, that combo will be fine. Where what you feel good in and stop attaching your age to clothes.
We're going to see Tootsie tonight....the first Broadway tour show since Feb. 2020. I'm excited and anxious (I haven't been indoors anywhere with very many people at all since the before times and the theatre is huge), but it is what I have missed most of our normal life, so I am hoping that I won't be too freaked out being around people like that.
I thought I would distract myself this morning by figuring out my clothes for tonight, but that didn't work out so well. I tried on my dressier dresses and skirts, and nothing fit right. I told DH that I was concerned that I might have to go in my pajamas. lol
The outfit that worked the best involves a pair of non stretchy, button/zip dressy pants, that I didn't think would fit at all, since they are from long before the before times. The style actually looks quite current, so I am glad that I kept them beck from the last donation bag.
Post by mysteriouswife on Nov 2, 2021 16:03:38 GMT -5
I love how many wanted a Dooney bag in the rich post. That was the status symbol. I wanted one so bad just to fit in. I thought they were ugly, but just had to have one.
I love how many wanted a Dooney bag in the rich post. That was the status symbol. I wanted one so bad just to fit in. I thought they were ugly, but just had to have one.
So ugly!!!
I noticed D&B's after I moved to Texas while in high school. Until I read that thread, I thought they must be a southern thing because they looked very...country? IDK, I thought they looked like old lady bags and I couldn't believe everyone in school was dying to get one. Those purses go hand and hand with mums (Texas people will know what those are! :-) )
circa1978 I’ll echo what the PP said about morphine. I desperately wish I had time with my mom before she started it but (as you know) I didn’t and she was already starting to go mentally.
I hate people. A mom at daycare tried to bring her LO to school with a fever. It was obvious that he was sick and from what I overheard was sent home yesterday with a fever.
The mom asked if she could give him Tylenol and leave him. Come on!
My SIL is a preschool director at a church. The new minister and his wife (a teacher at a local elementary school) dropped their DD off at the preschool with a pending Covid test that they told no one about, because "Well we aren't missing work for that." Yep, positive. Fucking took out 9 staff to quarantine (had been to preschool and Sunday School) and they give zero fucks about the inconvenience and danger they placed to others. Still feel justified. The minister sits in on the preschool board meetings and a board member ripped him a new one....and yet he remained steadfast that what they did was OK. I've never been in a fist fight and don't believe violence is the way, but I would like to smack him HARD right across his smug fucking face.
Eta I don't attend that church and neither does my SIL precisely due to dumb ass shit like that with the previous ministers. Never change Methodists.
I love how many wanted a Dooney bag in the rich post. That was the status symbol. I wanted one so bad just to fit in. I thought they were ugly, but just had to have one.
So ugly!!!
I noticed D&B's after I moved to Texas while in high school. Until I read that thread, I thought they must be a southern thing because they looked very...country? IDK, I thought they looked like old lady bags and I couldn't believe everyone in school was dying to get one. Those purses go hand and hand with mums (Texas people will know what those are! :-) )
I am from TN and I agree with all of this.
Mums are so damn ugly! I can’t wait to make one for niece who lives in TX. 🤣
Both kids are home for a teacher workday, and it's weirdly feeling like the first days of the pandemic where I'm teleworking and they're just around. At least this afternoon DD has play rehearsal and DS has a playdate.
I'm stalking my county health department website for updates on 5-11 COVID vaccination. I'm hoping for at least one option to get DS his first shot this weekend. 🤞
As soon as you find something, can you PM or tag me?
Both kids are home for a teacher workday, and it's weirdly feeling like the first days of the pandemic where I'm teleworking and they're just around. At least this afternoon DD has play rehearsal and DS has a playdate.
I'm stalking my county health department website for updates on 5-11 COVID vaccination. I'm hoping for at least one option to get DS his first shot this weekend. 🤞
As soon as you find something, can you PM or tag me?
Will do- the VAMS website has a notice up that it will be down for "maintenance" from 9-10 tonight, I'm hoping it's to set up kid appt registration.
Post by starburst604 on Nov 2, 2021 19:07:39 GMT -5
Today was the vote for our town to build a new middle school that would combine the existing two and it’s been a pretty heated debate. Polls closed at 8 and I’m on pins and needles waiting for the results. Really hoping it passed, the existing schools are dumps and we got a great grant from the state!!
I just can't stop rolling my eyes at the Rich thread. We GET IT, there's more to life than material things, but it's also ok for me to think that it would be fucking awesome if I could afford an indoor heated pool in my house.
I almost responded to you in that thread, I think. This is also my dream. I think maybe because I was in love with the movie Annie as a very little person and she swims laps in Daddy Warbucks' pool.
“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent,”